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Old style square circuit breakers (3) Glenn2002 at 8:03pm 03.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/990 I just lost my 30A dual pole old style single toggle circuit breaker. Wont stay on under any load. 1
Friction hinges on '92 Beneteau hatch and ports RPethoud at 2:41pm 03.17.22 Ask All Sailors 5/546 Has anyone tried to fix the hinges on older Beneteau's where the friction hinge no longer has any fr
Bilge Erik J at 2:35pm 03.17.22 Mid-Size Boats 2/1234 Putting in a 12v bilge in my 250 wb. Any advice would be appreciated.
Floorplan overhaul thoughts? (1) xavierspl at 1:55pm 03.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/2771 Hi All, Spring is coming and we'll be starting our 2nd season of a massive re-fit/restore of our 85
Have you made cockpit cushions? john6206 at 1:30pm 03.17.22 Smaller Boats 11/2534 I think I might be over thinking this . . .but such is my nature. I'm committed to making cockpit c
37C Rudder assembly components D_Bosh at 1:23pm 03.17.22 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1630 Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone knows where replacements bearing sets, glass tube and sea
Inflation out of control ! What are some products that my fellow boaters are using that are not necessary marine grade products to save some $ Capt Robbie at 9:24am 03.17.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1089 with inflation skyrocketing, thought it might be interesting to see if anyone here has found any go
Trying to track down info on lines (1) brockangelo at 9:19am 03.17.22 Catalina 22 11/970 I am doing an inventory of all the lines I inherited and would like to identify the vendor where the
Fuel Tank Sludge Hunter 356 peterwynndavies at 2:45am 03.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2246 On my 2002 Hunter 356 by removing the sender there is about a 2 inch hole through which I can just s
can't pump out waste tank sabbatical88 at 2:09am 03.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 50/7726 Aloha, I have a sealand fresh water vacuflush toilets and 20 gallon holding tanks in my fairly new-t
Hunter 306 salt water in the bilge but only when sailing Arbee at 8:55pm 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1695 Hi, I intend to take a scientific process of elimination to this problem but thought I'd ask here
San Diego Hunter 26 trailer needed Astrozombie at 5:50pm 03.16.22 Smaller Boats 1/669 Anyone in the San Diego area willing to let me borrow a Hunter 26 trailer for a couple weeks, I have
New Dodger George Braun at 4:28pm 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3971 strongly considering buying a 2006 Hunter 36 - one thing missing on the boat is a dodger. Anyone ha
Boat Bike "tech support" (1) John Nantz at 4:13pm 03.16.22 Sails Call Lounge 23/2276 My Boat Bike has served well for small trips on shore but it has some issues that come up from time
Repurposing a Rope Clutch dkinzer at 2:45pm 03.16.22 Big Boats 8/1758 On our 41DS with in-mast furling, the main halyard runs from a turning block on the mast base, throu
First of 4 panels (2) Light air at 1:54pm 03.16.22 Catalina 22 10/1053 My first attempt at sewing. The first of 4 panels for the portholes in the cabin.
cracks inside on the window frame on 23.5 Susanne Johnson-Berns at 12:50pm 03.16.22 Ask All Sailors 1/353 I have noticed that water may be leaking from the outside maybe on the mast foot or above the window
Sailboat Cradle oceanicjanet at 10:52am 03.16.22 Ask All Sailors 7/3033 Any suggestions as to where to advertise a Sailboat Cradle for a 38' boat.
Depth finder in bilge (1) RKMCCORKLE at 8:25am 03.16.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1254 Have a little bit of water coming out around the area, I've hand turned this as tight as possible bu
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 7:43am 03.16.22 Musings With Maine Sail 33/5922 My house batts, lead-acid, 2x115AH, have been abused and probably trashed. I have them home, and tr

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Replacing nuts on keel bolts Stu Jackson at 1:12pm 04.04.25 I don't imagine that the keels on a C 34 have any more bolts than the 9 that are on my boat. Thx f
Starting battery dlochner at 1:00pm 04.04.25 A group 24 or 27 will be more than enough and it doesn't need to be a "starting" battery. A good "Ma
Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame colin.w at 12:34pm 04.04.25 Are you asking about this type of interior frames? Close, but I believe these are the new standard
Hunter 23.5 in the Florida keys, are we crazy? Rick Webb at 12:25pm 04.04.25 Pensacola to Apalachicola is a very interesting trip.
Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame colin.w at 12:24pm 04.04.25 Pics? What's the issue with your current frames? The current frames are about 30 years old and ver
Sailing Tender Foswick at 11:49am 04.04.25 I took some measurements on the boat, yesterday, and am feeling pretty good about the Eastport Pram.
Hunter 38 2006 what color gelcoat number? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:40am 04.04.25 For most small dings, I just use plain white....... I have been repairing exterior spider cracks
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dLj at 11:38am 04.04.25 A crows foot is more robust, but will be hard to torque as the drive is not centered over the bolt.
Starting battery Tally Ho at 11:37am 04.04.25 The engineers might be conservative, but the boat builders picking wire gauge and connectors based
What's this? Tally Ho at 11:36am 04.04.25 Check the gooseneck? Greg
The holy grail of all questions nautical dLj at 11:34am 04.04.25 I've tried without sucess various types of tupperware .:huh: As you have learned, tupperware does
Replacing nuts on keel bolts (2) Tally Ho at 11:33am 04.04.25 I agree with Smokey73 and using your feet. Be cautious with that. Do you think you could use a se
Replacing nuts on keel bolts (5) sailcapt340 at 11:10am 04.04.25 I agree with Smokey73 and using your feet. Be cautious with that. Do you think you could use a se
Replacing nuts on keel bolts smokey73 at 10:51am 04.04.25 Just a caution to those who may be inclined to use your feet to try to apply torque as shown in Post
Sailing Tender Foswick at 10:50am 04.04.25 Saw this earlier today, made me think of this thread. This picture just raises a bunch of question
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Scott T-Bird at 10:37am 04.04.25 Another option might be a deep-offset box wrench. But I'm not sure you have the clearance on those
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Scott T-Bird at 10:32am 04.04.25 That's a lot of keel bolt - my O'Day 35 had 7 that were 3/4" for a 4600 lb. keel. The most forward
The holy grail of all questions nautical Timm R Oday25 at 10:17am 04.04.25 I've tried without sucess various types of tupperware .:huh:
The holy grail of all questions nautical dlochner at 9:54am 04.04.25 Ziplock bags, plastic containers with snap on lids, or an always dry compartment. Don't keep them
The holy grail of all questions nautical Stu Jackson at 9:37am 04.04.25 I've had my own boat(s) since 1983. Keep the extras in their original packaging or use zip lock bag

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